The five-judges Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the deadline for mandatory linkage of Aadhaar number with bank accounts and mobile numbers till the disposal of petitions challenging the Constitutional validity of Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016. But this extension is not applicable to availing services and subsidies under section 7 of Act. On December 15,2017 the Bench extended the deadline till March 31, 2018. The Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A K Sikri, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan has passed the order at the end of Today’s hearing on Aadhaar matter. Senior Counsel Arvind Datar raised concerns regarding the mandate of Aadhaar for the issue of ‘Tatkal’ passports, referring to the interim orders of the apex court, the most recent being the one dated December 15, 2017. He also requested the bench to consider the extension of the March 31 deadline for compulsory Aadhaar linkage with mobile phones, bank accounts and other services. Attorney General K. K. Venugopal explained that while other ID proofs were acceptable for the issue of passports, the mandate of Aadhaar was merely in respect of its speedy issue under the ‘Tatkal’ scheme. He also requested that any extension of deadline may not affect the ‘Subsidies, Benefits and Services’ under section 7 of the Aadhaar Act. Chief Justice Dipak Misra remarked that as per the interim order, the deadline had been extended for all services and facilities,… [Read full story]

Star Wars: Battlefront II was heavily criticised for the way it allowed players to pay real money to get loot boxes that could contain items that actually affected gameplay. Some cried out that this represented a pay-to-win situation. It was a lot of bad press for EA. In response to this, EA removed microtransactions from the game completely just before its public launch, with the developer saying it needed more time to adjust them before bringing them back. Today, EA confirmed that microtransactions are coming back in April, though this time around you will only be able to purchase cosmetic…... [Read more]

The Supreme Court has extended the deadline for the mop-up round of counseling, which is the final round, for NEET examination to September 7 for admission to MBBS and BDS courses in deemed universities.The earlier deadline was August 31. The order comes as a big relief to students who had cleared the NEET examination, but could not get through in first two rounds. The order of the apex court is only with respect to deemed universities.“Time for mop-up round counselling is extended till 7. 9.2017. This extension shall only be applicable to the deemed universities and none else,” a bench of Chief…... [Read more]

The five-judges Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the deadline for mandatory linkage of Aadhaar number with bank accounts and mobile numbers till the disposal of petitions challenging the Constitutional validity of Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016. But this extension is not applicable to availing services and subsidies under section 7 of Act. On December 15,2017 the Bench extended the deadline till March 31, 2018. Story to be updated... [Read more]

The five-judges Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the deadline for mandatory linkage of Aadhaar number with all services and schemes including bank accounts and mobile numbers till the disposal of petitions challenging the Constitutional validity of Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016. On December 15,2017 the Bench extended the deadline till March 31, 2018. Story to be updated... [Read more]

Exactly two months after scrapping the NJAC Act, a constitution bench of the Supreme Court which had embarked on a mission to improve the collegiums system today virtually put the ball back into the government’s court by giving the Centre the liberty to finalise a draft memorandum of procedure for appointing judges to the Supreme Court and High Courts in consultation with the Chief Justice of India.It was an anti-climax as the bench headed by justice J S Khehar which was expected to draw a roadmap on four crucial parameters it itself had set on — How to improve transparency in…... [Read more]